Tag: Teacher Life

Teacher Summer Bucket List: How I Actually Rest (Without Feeling Guilty)

By the time May rolls around, most of us are running on coffee fumes and sheer determination. State testing has sucked the soul out of the room, kids are half here (mentally, if not physically), and we’ve all got a countdown hidden somewhere in our planner. Enter: summer. The glorious light at the end of…
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Teacher Appreciation Week: Why You Deserve More Than a Mug

Let’s be honest… if Teacher Appreciation Week were really about appreciation, we’d all get a paid nap and a gift card with commas in it. Instead? You get… Listen, it’s not that we don’t love mugs. (We do. They hold coffee. Coffee keeps us alive.) But if you’re anything like me, you probably already have…
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Science Teacher Resolutions I’ll Actually Keep

Let’s be honest…teacher “resolutions” are usually more like wild fantasy novels than achievable goals. “I’ll grade everything the day it’s turned in!” “I’ll never get behind on emails!” “My lab tables will stay spotless all year!” Sure, and maybe unicorns will also deliver our copy paper on time. Instead of setting myself up for failure,…
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Teacher Summer Bucket List: How I Actually Rest (Without Feeling Guilty)